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1950s 25cm Gunnar Nylund Stromberg shark tooth vase

Part of our goal in developing this website is to show people how to make their glass look beautiful. One of the points we make (repeatedly) is that glass looks great in sets. However, sets cost more than single pieces, so people can't always af...
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Amethyst bullicante Murano ashtray

Two of the things that you can do to glass to make it look beautiful are put in bubbles and put in curves.  This piece has these effects and you can see the result.  As the light goes through the bulges and bubbles, it reflects and refra...
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Signed Gunnar Nylund 1950s shark's tooth vase for Strombergshyttan

We don't list a lot of brown vases, but I love these off-centre vases.  The amber graduates into chocolate, and it's surrounded by lots of heavy, slightly blue-tinted crystal.  It has a dangerous-looking shark-tooth rim.  It was des...
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Heavy 1970s Ann and Goran Warff bubble sculpture/paperweight for Kosta

In the 60s and 70s, working as a team, Ann and Goran Warff designed some stunning glass. This is a large, heavy paperweight or sculpture, a variation of another Warff collaboration that we've sold - see 2nd Ann and Goran Warff paperweight with bu...
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Signed Stromberg 1960s sommerso vase with mass of bubbles

Swedish glassmaker, Strombergshyttan, in the 1950s and 60s specialised in particularly fine, clear crystal with an ice blue tint, and sommerso pieces.  We make a point of seeking out their sommerso vases, and we've sold a lot of them, but thi...
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1960s Vicke Lindstrand vase with ground lenses and purple-black spots

Here's our view on Lindstrand: we think his work at Kosta from 1950 to 1973 is the finest body of work, in terms of range and overall beauty, by any single mid-century glass designer.  We also think it's underrated and destined to rise in pri...
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1954 Landberg Orrefors Tan-si vase

This was designed by Nils Landberg, for Orrefors.  It's in the 1954 Orrefors catalogue.  We have a matching Tan-si bowl also listed on the site.  The two make a very nice set.  It's shown in some of the pictures. They both ...
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On hold - Palmqvist opalescent Selena vase for Orrefors

Sven Palmqvist had a long and distinguished design career at Orrefors, from 1946 to 1980. This is the first of three pieces we'll be listing from his Selena series, shown in Orrefors 1954 catalogue. The last pic shows the three together. This i...
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ON HOLD - Palmqvist for Orrefors 1954 opalescent Selena bowl

Here's another piece in our opalescent Selena set.  The last picture shows a number of Selena pieces from the 1954 Orrefors catalogue, including, course, this one.  More information about the Selena design and manufacturing process is s...
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ON HOLD - Sven Palmquist Selena vase for Orrefors - third in a set

This is the third piece of a set. The other two are listed at Palmqvist for Orrefors 1954 opalescent Selena bowl and Palmqvist opalescent Selena vase for Orrefors. Click these links for more information on the Selena series. Height: 18 cm (7.25...
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